AFC President's Cup
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| Founded | 2005 |
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| Region | Asia (AFC) |
| Number of teams | 8 |
| Current champions |  Regar TadAZ |
| Most successful club | Regar TadAZ Dordoi-Dynamo(2 times) |
 AFC President's Cup 2009 |
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The AFC President's Cup is an annual international association football competition between domestic clubs sides run by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC).
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[edit] Competition format
Since the tournament began in 2005, the number of teams has increased from 8 to 11.
From editions 2005 to 2007, 8 clubs were placed into two groups of 4 teams. Both groups would be played in one host country.
Out of these two groups, the winners and runners up would advance to the semi-final stage, again played in that host country.
In 2008, the tournament was increaed to 11 clubs. Therefore a qualification round was created and 11 clubs split into 3 groups. Two groups containing 4 clubs with the 3rd group having 3 clubs.
Each group would then be played in a different country, each having their own host.
The group winners and the best runner up would then qualify for the finals stage, again to be hosted in another country and played at a later date.
Since the competition began, the 8 founding nations to take part have been, Tajikistan, Nepal, Taiwan, Bhutan, Kyrgyzstan, Sri Lanka, Pakistan and Cambodia.
Since 2008, clubs from Bangladesh, Myanmar and Turkmenistan have been invited.
Generally, clubs which represent each nation are the current champions of their domestic football leagues.
Other nations that could enter a team, but have yet to do so are: Brunei, Timor-Leste, Laos, Philippines, Guam, Macau, Mongolia, North Korea, Palestine and Afghanistan.
[edit] Qualification
Qualification to the competition is to clubs from AFC-affiliated countries which fall into the AFC's 'emerging nations' category as laid out in their 'Vision Asia' document. Countries which are 'mature' and 'developing' nations are entered into the AFC Champions League and the AFC Cup, respectively. For an 'emerging nation' to have a team representing it in the competition, however, the country must have an acceptable football league. The team that represents a country in one season of the competition is the defending champion of the top-level leagues of participating countries.
[edit] Results
| Season | Host | Final | Semifinalists (No 3rd place match) | |||||
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| Champions | Score | Runner-up | ||||||
| 2008 Details |
 Kyrgyzstan |
Regar TadAZ |
1-1 (4-3 pens) |
Dordoi-Dynamo |
Mahendra Police Club |
FC Aşgabat |
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| 2007 Details |
 Pakistan |
Dordoi-Dynamo |
2-1 | Mahendra Police Club |
Ratnam Sports Club |
Regar TadAZ |
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| 2006 Details |
 Malaysia |
Dordoi-Dynamo |
2-1
(aet) |
Vakhsh |
Tatung |
Khemara |
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| 2005 Details |
 Nepal |
Regar TadAZ |
3-0 | Dordoi-Dynamo |
Blue Star SC |
Three Star Club |
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[edit] Performance by nation
| # | Nation | Winners | Runners-up | Semifinalists |
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| 1 | Kyrgyzstan |
2 | 2 | 0 |
| 2 |  Tajikistan |
2 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | Nepal |
0 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 |  Sri Lanka |
0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 |  Chinese Taipei |
0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 |  Turkmenistan |
0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 |  Cambodia |
0 | 0 | 1 |
[edit] Performance by club
| Team | Winners | Runners-Up | Years Won | Years Lost |
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| Dordoi-Dynamo |
2 | 2 | (2006, 2007) | (2005, 2006) |
| Regar TadAZ |
2 | 0 | (2005, 2008) | |
| Mahendra Police Club |
0 | 1 | (2007) | |
| Vakhsh |
0 | 1 | (2006) |
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
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